Amanda M. Balkhi

A graduate of the University of Florida Department of Clinical and Health Psychology. Research interests include strategies to improve training dissemination and treatment augmentation strategies for pediatric populations, with a special interest in utilizing the internet in assessment and intervention.

Research

Fall 2011 - Spring 2016

Division of Medical Psychology Research Team
Supervisors: Gary Geffken, Ph.D., Joseph P.H. McNamara, Ph.D.
Responsibilities include serving as a therapist for adults and children with Anxiety Disorders within the UF OCD Program, consenting participants for research, collecting data for treatment outcome research, preparing papers for publication, preparing grant proposals for submission, and supervising undergraduate research assistants.

Pediatric Psychology Lab
Supervisor: David Janicke, Ph.D.
Responsibilities included recruiting and consenting children aged 6-12 years old and their parents for participation in a study of attitudes and moods in overweight children.

Spring 2010

Factors Influencing Patient Satisfaction

Independent Undergraduate Research

Collaborators: Mike Parent, M.S., Mark Mayor, B.S.

This project included preparatory work, method formulation, data collection,analysis, and manuscript preperation of an independent research project